A 1918 propaganda comedy where the Kaiser gets absolutely roasted by girlboss energy. WWI cinema at its wildest.
A farce in which the German Kaiser and the Crown Prince are defeated and made sport of by a plucky American girl and several American prisoners of war.
Costume
Lawrence Grant's Kaiser Wilhelm mustache deserves its own credit.
Production
70 minutes of pure 1918 studio system chaos, barely held together.
Acting
Olive Tell delivering proto-feminist one-liners in a war farce.
Director
George Irving
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released November 1918 — literally the same month WWI ended, making this the most dated political comedy imaginable.
Lawrence Grant played the Kaiser so often he became typecast as Wilhelm II for decades; this was basically his origin story.
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